Sunday, September 27, 2015

“Queen
Abosede Obayuwana oooo.” The town crier said walking along the streets of the
Kingdom. “The Kingdom will miss you. Your kind heart to us will be missed. You
left us too soon. Queen Abosede, there will be no one like you. We will miss
you the great Queen!“

The
palace and the people of the Kingdom went into mourning of the queen of Izieole
Kingdom.

“Oputuputu!”
Aigbokai said standing close to the king who was seated on the throne. “You
have to be a man and forget about the queen.”

“How can
I forget the woman who always put a smile on my face?”

“I
understand how you feel but you have to be strong for your children.”

“Her son
will never know his mother.”

“And her
son will always be grateful for having a man that loved his mother. Queen
Abosede gave birth to the future king of our Kingdom and I know that is what
you want. You should be thankful.”

King
Nosa sighed out loud and shook his head sorrowfully. “What happens next?”

“Make Abieyuwa
queen after the funeral.”

The spark from the king's eyes made Aigbokai turn away. “I do not need a queen
now. I don’t want any queen, I will rule on my own until my ancestors calls me
and my oldest son will take over.”

The king
gave Imafidon to his sister and carried his second son. “He will be called
Ozazuwa!”

“Prince Osazuwa
Obayuwana!” said chief Asemota.

The
crowd applauded. Everyone could not stop smiling except Abieyuwa and Eseosa.
Abieyuwa became angrier after the King informed her about his intention not to
make her Queen. She tried all her possible best but the king remained adamant
on his decision. Because of the shame he brought to her, she swore to make
prince Imafidon life a living hell. Abieyuwa could not believe her eyes that
Isoken was always with the prince. If she was not with him, Osato was there to
protect him from her. She was enraged by their loyalty to the late queen and the protection of prince Imafidon. Abieyuwa gave Imafidon a fruit to eat when he was
five years old but he showed it to Osato. She threw it away letting him know it
was an unhealthy fruit. Imafidon did all his possible best to be close to
Osazuwa when they were kids but he was always rejected. The future prince showed him love, his younger brother showed
him nothing.

********

Years
passed, the king was seriously sick, he had gone blind and nothing could be done to regain his sight. The priestess was quite old but still powerful. Prince Imafidon grew up
to be a handsome man like his father and well known by his people as a
respectful and kind man. Whenever he goes out with his personal guard/warrior
Osaigbovo, he would greet the elders or even the young ones before they salute
him. He helped the old men and women in their farms and tried to put smiles on
the faces of children.

Prince
Osazuwa is branded for being unkind, ruthless and disrespectful. He was good
looking but his wickedness made people see him as a beast. Whether anyone was
old or sick, Osazuwa expects them to lie on the floor and greet him. He had his own personal guard Aigbe, who always gave him information about anything happening in the Kingdom. Before a
man is ready to get married, he must present his woman to the prince first and sleep with her.
Sometimes they are lucky when prince Imafidon gets involved in the matter by stopping his brother. Osazuwa
flogs old men who refused to give up their lands to him. He was engaged to
Adesuwa, a princess of another Kingdom.

*******

“You are
twenty nine years old already,” said aged Isoken to Imafidon in his room. “You should
look for a good woman and marry.”

He
smiled.

“I don’t
want you to smile just like the way your mother used to do. Get a wife!”

“But I have
not seen the woman I love.”

“Look
for and stop parading yourself in the Kingdom helping people without getting
anything in return.”

“There is
nothing bad in helping people and I don’t have to ask anything in return.”

“I am
not saying there is something bad in helping them,” she said. “People that
benefit from you should assist you to look for a wife.”

Imafidon
laughed. “Oh my dear mother,” he said to her. “You are very funny. The right
woman will come.”

“From
the sky?” she asked.

“No,
from the ground.”

She tapped
him on his hand playfully. “I am not joking. Your brother is engaged to a
woman.”

“But I
have tried to persuade Osazuwa from getting married to her.”

“Why?”

“She is
not a wife material.” He answered. “She’s always insulting our people whenever
she visits our Kingdom. Adesuwa is a trouble maker.”

“You
better leave your brother and allow him to marry her. Face your life and focus on
how to get a good girl to marry. Remember she will be the future queen.”

“I
know.”

“So what
are you waiting for?”

“I am
waiting for the right time and I believe it will happen soon.”

She gave
him a sincere smile. “I will always support you because I know you will make the
right decision.”

“Thank
you ma,” he said and smiled back. “Where is aunty Osato?”

“I think
she has gone to the market to cook something delicious for you.”

“I want
you to advise her on my behalf.”

“Tell me
my son.”

“She has
been a good sister and aunty to me. She is not getting any younger.”

“If it
is about marriage I have talked to her about it.”

“What
was her conclusion?”

Isoken
sighed. “Osato said she promised your late mother that she was going to take good care of you.”

“But I
am old enough to take good care of myself.”

“Osato
believes her task has not finished. She is determined to protect you.”

“I have
my trusted guard and warrior Osaigbovo. He will protect me and remember I have
been taking private lessons with him. I know how to fight, I can defend myself!”

She
shook her head. “Life has not yet started until you become king. Wait and see
what happens after you take over this great Kingdom.”

*******

“I want
to kill prince Imafidon!” Abieyuwa said to a herbalist she visited far from Izieole Kingdom.

“Woman!”
the native doctor uttered. “I have told you he cannot be killed!”

“Why?”
she asked angrily. “Is he not human?”

“Of
course he is but the gods are on his side. They are protecting him and his late
mother spirit also guards him.”

“You are
saying this because you are not strong enough!”

“Quiet
woman or I will curse you.”

She
looked away from him. “Apart from death, what else can be done?”

He
hardened his face. “Since you want your son to be the king after the demise of King
Nosa Obayuwana, I can make prince Imafidon paralyzed.”

Abieyuwa
turned to glance at him. “A disabled man cannot be made king,” she said and
smiled. “I want it done!”

“I will give
you a red rope to drop across where he will pass. It's either he pass through it
or place a foot on it.”

“Consider
it done!!”

“Give me
a minute,” he rose from the floor, went to a calabash, and dipped his left hand
into it.

*******

“Mother,
are you sure this will work?” Osazuwa asked his mother after she came back from
the herbalist place.

“It will
work my son,” she replied. “I am doing this for you because you deserve it.
Your father married me because he wanted me to give birth to the heir but I
have no clue where that useless woman got her charm to give birth to that bastard.”

“Don’t
mind Imafidon! He’s always pretending to be a good person to the people.” He beats
his chest with his right hand and widened his eyes. “I will be the King of this Kingdom.”

“Very
good my son.“ she said. “I will help you achieve that.”

“Thank
you mother.”

******

Abieyuwa
left her room and put the rope in the doorstep of prince Imafidon's room. It was
a red tiny rope.

“Prince
Imafidon!” she called his name.

He came
out from his room and greeted her. "I greet you your highness."

“Please
come close, there is something I need to say to you about your brother.”

His
facial expression changed into a concerned one. “I hope all is well with him?”
he asked and moved forward to her. Prince Imafidon unknowingly stepped his
right foot on the rope.

9 comments:

according to the native doctor Prince Imafidon can't be killed because the gods are with him and that means the gods are more powerful than the native doctor.

so let see what will happen, is either Abieyuwa will get back what she brought or Prince Imafidon will step on that nonsense and nothing will happen to him....hmmm power versus Power! the battle of the gods! wow!

I enjoyed every bit of this.....no dull moment but full of actions and suspense!

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